By Gregg Rosenthal
Around The League Editor
Published: April 21, 2013 at 03:19 p.m. Updated: April 21, 2013 at 04:16 p.m.

In the ultimate win-now league, the New York Jets appear to be punting on an entire season.

Jets general manager John Idzik knew he wasn't going to pay cornerback Darrelle Revis after 2013, and it appears Revis is close to being traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The organization felt like they couldn't change quarterbacks this season because of Mark Sanchez's contract, so they are giving Sanchez one last, hopeless last chance. Jets coach Rex Ryan is too well-paid and well-liked by ownership to be fired. So far.

So the Jets split the difference and put off truly rebuilding until 2014. Make no mistake: 2013 is a kamikaze mission for Ryan. In a win-or-else year for the coach, Ryan's bosses are thinking mostly about the future. Ryan's bosses are asking the impossible: Win with a badly depleted roster led by Sanchez and David Garrard at quarterback.

Idzik is right to look ahead. The Jets have more roster holes than the 2013 NFL Draft can fix, and they need to load up on young talent at guard, wide receiver, tight end and throughout the front-seven on defense. I'm just not sure why they didn't complete press reset and let go of Ryan now.

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The Jets reportedly will have two first-round picks if Revis is traded to the Bucs. Will Idzik draft defensive players that fit Ryan's scheme when Ryan probably won't be around after another season? Or will they wait to draft their "quarterback of the future" until their coach of the present is gone?

By trading Revis and not upgrading at quarterback, the Jets have set Ryan up to fail. Idzik is thinking longterm. Ryan is thinking about how he can save his job by somehow remaining a playoff contender.

The two philosophies don't mesh. It's yet another sign of a dysfunctional franchise, with Revis' anticipated trade another sign that Rex's coaching career might resemble the coaching career his father Buddy.